Category: Projects

  • Presenting at Roguelike Celebration 2019!

    Once again I’m going to be showing my as-yet unnamed game at the Roguelike Celebration at GitHub HQ in San Francisco the weekend of October 5-6 2019!  Looking forward to reconnecting with the roguelike community, other developers and enthusiasts! The game is online and playable in your browser if you want to check it out!…

  • Presenting at Roguelike Celebration 2018!

    I’m going to be presenting my as-yet unnamed game at the Roguelike Celebration at GitHub HQ in San Francisco the weekend of October 6-7 2018!  Looking forward to a chance to chat with other game developers, hobbyists and a few other retrocomputer geeks as well.  

  • Another C64 Network Game…

    It’s been a while and I got bitten by the game coding bug again….here’s a sneak preview!   More details soon…

  • First PCB Designs!

    Finally got around to something I’ve always wanted to try:  I designed my own circuit boards for the first time ever (not counting acid etching in high school) and got them made! I designed the boards in Fritzing, which is an intuitive schematic capture and PCB layout tool, and had the boards printed at OSH…

  • MicroView Demos

    Happy New Year!  I’ve been playing around with the MicroView over the holidays.  It’s an amazing little Arduino-compatible thingee with built-in OLED display. It was launched on Kickstarter last year (to runaway success).  After numerous delays, I finally got mine (actually, Sparkfun sent me a whole extra set for my trouble, so kudos to them).  You can…

  • Ghostbusters Costume + Proton Pack for Halloween

    Ghostbusters Costume + Proton Pack for Halloween

    This summer was the 30th Anniversary of Ghostbusters, and the movie was re-released in theatres for a limited 1-week run.  I took my son Andreas (age 8) to it, and he loved it!   Mind you, he had heard of Ghostbusters plenty of times before from me, and had even played the games (PC and Commodore…

  • MIDI Goes In, Fire Comes Out!

    I’ve been pestering Seth Hardy of Propane and Electrons and Site 3 Fire Arts to make a MIDI version of his solid-state relay flame effects controller board.  This will allow you to create flame effects (or lighting effects or what have you) under MIDI control so you can synchronize the outputs to music! The prototype boards are in and…

  • My New C64 Network Game is Ready for Playtesting!

    I got a lot done on my new network game “Vortex 2” as presented at ECCC 2013 during the long winter, and I’d like to unveil it as a playable work-in-progress to get help with testing and feedback. You can’t do much in the game yet. Enemy ships will fly around and chase you and each other,…

  • Using The LEAP Motion as a MIDI Controller

    I’ve been captivated by the possibilities of the LEAP Motion as an input device ever since it was announced.  It’s still finding its niche, but I feel an area of huge potential is for interactive electronic music. So, how to turn your gestures into MIDI data with the LEAP?  I’m especially interested in using it with…

  • It’s Alive!   Ultimate C64C Motherboard Swap

    A couple of years ago I put together my “Ultimate Commodore 64” with multiple kernels, dual SID chips for stereo sound, reset button, USB, Ethernet, a 16GB flash drive, 4 Joystick Ports, and painted blue!  You can get more details from my presentation at World of Commodore 2011. However, I accidentally killed the motherboard recently when messing around…